בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֤וֹת שָׁנָה֙ לְחַיֵּי־נֹ֔חַ בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י בְּשִׁבְעָֽה־עָשָׂ֥ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֗ה נִבְקְעוּ֙ כָּֽל־מַעְיְנֹת֙ תְּה֣וֹם רַבָּ֔ה וַאֲרֻבֹּ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם נִפְתָּֽחוּ׃
El año seiscientos de la vida de Noé, en el mes segundo á diecisiete días del mes, aquel día fueron rotas todas las fuentes del grande abismo, y las cataratas de los cielos fueron abiertas;
The Gate of Unity
The depth of the spring is the beginning and source of its inception, at its very depth. From there its flow spreads upward until drops of water burst forth into revelation from their concealment [within the ground]. Its utmost concealment is in its ultimate depth below (in the aquifer), as [in the verse], “the wellsprings of the abyss burst forth.”13Genesis 7:11 For, the earth is riddled with fissures14Talmud Bavli, tractate Chagiga 22a and veins [of water], which have a primary depth. About this it is stated,15Job 28:12 “Chochmah is [found] from nothing,” that is, from the concealed Chochmah which is called the depth of Chochmah.